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It's still annoying that Luke is coming in a sleeved cloak instead of the one he wore in Jabba's palace, which is the same one he wore in the deleted scene. Even if Hasbro didn't have the full scene to work from, it should have been obvious that it was the same cloak from the finished film. Still, it looks like a pretty good ROTJ Tatooine version otherwise.

Some of the photoshopped images used on the cardbacks look better than others, but I wasn't planning on keeping any of these carded anyway. The figures themselves are good, anyway.

I hadn't noticed that Luke robe thing, that is unacceptable and I hope either someone just made a mistake at prototype stage that LFL caught and corrected, or that someone is FIRED if that gets to market. And that card art is a bit meh all around.

Anyway, the lead characters are cool, I've been waiting, but I'm not enthused exactly - probably the pricepoint. Cracken is fine I guess although he is missing his headset, but that's a figure I would have bought reluctantly at $7, now at $10 it's hard to see the point. The A-wing Mon Cal is an interesting twist but it's not something I would have wanted.

Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"

The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

I hadn't noticed that Luke robe thing, that is unacceptable and I hope either someone just made a mistake at prototype stage that LFL caught and corrected, or that someone is FIRED if that gets to market. And that card art is a bit meh all around.

I bet it will get to market. The fact that even the card art has him wearing a cloak with sleeves leads me to believe that they still haven't caught the mistake and probably won't. I mean, there have been a few Lukes with that cloak, but the only cloth one is from 2004 (and re-released a few times after), so it's not really like you could just take it from a different figure, since then that one and only Luke would look bare. It's a shame, too, since Luke's hooded appearance in the scene really gives it a creepy, ominous vibe, and it just looks goofy and weird to see Luke in that robe.

Something I've been wondering but not seen mentioned anywhere, is Cracken's weapon based on the rocket launcher the rebel soldiers carry in Battlefront or from some other source?

It is definitely not the one used in Battlefront or BF2, as that one was an over-the-shoulder unit with most of the tube behind the shoulder, while the one Cracken comes with is a very different design. My guess is it's something Hasbro made up to make it feel like he had a gunner station in the Falcon, or it's from a game I'm not familiar with. It looks slightly similar to the BF2 Galactic Marine's chaingun, but is quite different in other ways.

Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"

The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

Yeah, you're right, it's far different from the Rebel launcher, I finally popped in the game again. It seemed really familiar for some reason and I realized it's because it at least looks very similar to the Imperial's launcher, but it's not a definite match.